My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 216 The unfamiliar white-eyed wolf

"There is something I have been thinking about, and I still have to tell you about it. It is what I know about Annan's other future."

Zhu Yuanzhang was alerted and immediately became interested in another future of Annan.
I am also very interested. Let's see what Lao Li says.

"If we follow the original historical trajectory, about a hundred years later, European nations will begin to look for trade routes to the East by sea because the Ottoman Empire has blocked the land trade routes from Europe to the Ming Dynasty. This is the background of the situation.

The reason why the Ottoman Empire is mentioned here is that no matter whether the Ming Dynasty wants to open up a land route to Europe or a sea route to Africa, this country is always a hurdle that it cannot avoid.

Of course, the Ottoman Empire is not the focus of the Ming Dynasty at present, so let’s put it aside for now.”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of black lines again. Old Li, there are so many things you have kept secret. When will you tell me one of them?

“What I want to say here is that when the European countries opened up the sea route to the Eastern Ming Dynasty and discovered the American continent, they began to colonize the entire world and thus established their own world order.

Among them, Spain, Portugal, England and France are particularly represented. France will eventually arrive in Annam and begin colonization. Before that, Annam and Champa had been unified and named Vietnam by the Qing Dynasty.

Because of the decline of the Qing Dynasty, France easily occupied these places, and Vietnam, Laos, and Chenla were temporarily unified in some dishonorable form and were called the French Indochina colony. "

Haha, France, is one of the European powers that invaded China in the late Qing Dynasty. A cold light flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes!
I didn't expect that before this, the Ming Dynasty had already extended its evil hands to Annan and other countries. Humph, you guys just wait for me, Zhu. One day, the iron hoof of the Ming Dynasty will step towards Europe!

"Under French rule, until the Chinese nation fully achieved national independence and established a new regime, it began to help Vietnam successfully expel the French colonists.

But then, with the intervention of American forces, Vietnam was divided into two regimes, North and South. North Vietnam continued to fight against the United States with the support of China and eventually won. North Vietnam also took the opportunity to unify South Vietnam.

With the support of our China, we defeated the two great powers, France and America. It seems that China at that time was truly beginning to become strong!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a surge of pride in his heart, then he looked down again, and his blood pressure began to rise again.

"But what happened next was the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf, the farmer and the snake.

The international situation at that time was actually somewhat similar to the three-way confrontation during the Three Kingdoms period. The world was divided into two major camps, the East and the West. The East was led by the Soviet Union, and the West was led by the United States.

As the East and the West compete for world hegemony, a third force has emerged: China!"

Soviet Union? Zhu Yuanzhang was confused. What a strange name for a country. What kind of country would be named after an alliance?
The United States is familiar to us. It was one of the great powers that invaded China in the late Qing Dynasty.

But between Mr. Dongguo and the wolf, the farmer and the snake, it is obvious that something bad has happened. Did Vietnam rebel?

“Although there was cooperation among the three forces, there was more struggle. This period was called the Cold War, that is, except for a direct full-scale war, almost all other means of struggle between the three countries were exhausted.

Of course, you may find it strange that no direct war broke out. That is because the three countries all possessed hydrogen bombs that could destroy the world. Once a war broke out, it would be the end of civilization. Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

Although China was the weakest at that time, it was determined to fight to the end, and at the same time, it took advantage of the contradictions between the two hegemons of the East and the West to clamp down on each other, thus ensuring that China survived and developed in the cracks. "

It turned out that the situation at that time was so dangerous. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel frightened. He knew the power of the hydrogen bomb. If this weapon was used in war, it would be the coming of doomsday. China at that time was really in trouble!

However, he admired the leader of China at that time even more, who was able to survive and develop in such a harsh situation. He was truly a great leader!
"Under this situation, after China helped Vietnam repel the United States, Vietnam's ambitions began to swell, believing that it should inherit the French throne, that is, annex Zhenla and Laos, and establish a power under China's nose. But China is the biggest obstacle to their ambitions, so Vietnam clung to the Soviet Union, began to attack Laos Zhenla, and frequently provoked China, even sending troops to Guangxi to provoke border conflicts!"

How ridiculous! He is truly an ungrateful person who can never be tamed!

Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table. How could such a small country like Annan have such inflated ambitions? How dare it play the game of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones in front of China?

How dare you, a small border country, challenge the majesty of China?

"Of course, the imagination is beautiful, but the ending is tragic. At that time, China quickly gathered its forces and used only 28 days to quickly fight and defeat the enemy in northern Vietnam. Then it quickly retreated and destroyed Vietnam's industrial base on the way.

Vietnam's industrial base was almost entirely built with aid from China and was all concentrated in the north. After provoking China, the only result they got was that they could no longer achieve industrialization.

Not only that, in the next ten years, China used the tactics of attrition to completely consume the last bit of Vietnam's wealth. At this point, Vietnam's spine was completely bent by China! "

Well done!

Seeing that China had won the battle, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but get excited. He picked up the glass and was about to take a gulp when he suddenly realized that the wine in the glass had been finished.

After thinking for a while, how could I not have wine at this time? I quickly filled my glass again and took a sip.

This tastes so delicious.

Drinking less does not mean not drinking at all, he made this excuse for himself in his mind.

"The reason why I want to discuss the future with you, Old Zhu, is because I want to tell you that Annan, like Goryeo, is an ungrateful wolves that can never be tamed.

In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future, in addition to actual control, ethnic assimilation should also be carried out in these two places.”

National assimilation?

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard. He had heard Lao Li mention before that one of the characteristics of the Chinese nation is its strong ability to integrate. So what he meant was that the people of the two places should be integrated into the Chinese nation?
“Of course, national integration is a long process. Although Goryeo and Annan were deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, they are still different ethnic groups in the final analysis. Therefore, if we want to integrate them well, we still have to use the tricks of our ancestors.

The same writing system, the same wheel gauge, trade and marriage, and there is another trump card that the Ming Dynasty can use on Annan. It can win the hearts of the people of Annan in a short time!"

It is easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to understand the idea of ​​standardizing the writing system and the wheel gauge. After the Qin Dynasty conquered the world, it brought people together in this way.

Although the Qin Dynasty lasted only twenty-one years, the precious wealth it left behind has kept China consistent.

But what is the trump card that Lao Li mentioned?

Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity was aroused again by Li Han.

(End of this chapter)